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Based on extensive use of primary evidence, this book is a study of the British communist life between the Wars as it was experienced at the various phases of the life cycle.
List of contents
Introduction
PART I: The communist life cycle: the early years
1. In the home: communist mothercraft and child rearing
2. Into the Party structure: the communist children movement
3. A bright and purposeful life: youth and the Young Communist League
PART II: The communist life cycle: adulthood
4. A single communist personality?: communist couples and Red families
5. Being in a familiar place: the life of the adult activist
PART III: The communist life cycle: Shaping communists
6. Tending the communist body: the quest for physical fitness
7. Communist life style: fostering correct habits, good behaviour, and right ways of living
8. Communists at play
9. Culture from below: a culture for proletarians
PART IV: The communist life cycle: end of the cycle
10. In memoriam
Afterword
Select bibliography
Index
About the author
Thomas Linehan is Lecturer in History at Brunel University
Summary
Based on extensive use of primary evidence, this book is a study of the British communist life between the Wars as it was experienced at the various phases of the life cycle. -- .
